By Simon EvansMANAMA, May 11 (Reuters) - OSRS gold President Gianni Infantino took aim at critics of world football's governing body on Thursday, saying the organisation had reformed and was now a victim of "fake news" and "FIFA bashing".Speaking to the organisation's 67th congress in the Bahraini capital, Infantino, who replaced Sepp Blatter as head of FIFA in 2016, said it was truly transforming itself."We are rebuilding FIFA´s reputation after all that happened.



We took over the organisation at it's deepest point," said Infantino, adding that there was no room for anyone who wanted to enrich themselves by "abusing football".Several dozen football officials, mainly from Latin America, were indicted in the United States in 2015 on corruption-related charges, sparking the worst crisis in FIFA's history.Infantino said criticism of the organisation under his leadership had not been fair, given improved transparency, controls and ethics procedures."



There is a lot of fake news and alternative facts about more benefit circulating," he said. "FIFA bashing has become a national sport in some countries".But at the post-congress press conference, Infantino said he was not referring to the media.



"It is not by the media that I was meaning. There are a lot of people who are spreading a lot of wrong and false information."Maybe sometimes you (should) question those who are giving you information."Sometimes we have seen that the information given is not the right one but is provided just to harm the organisation," he said.Asked if he could give any examples of fake news regarding FIFA, Infantino said: "No. But generally, it is my feeling"